SOC 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Ethnocentrism, Premarital Sex, Qandeel Baloch
2 Nov 2017
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Abort females because their female - accepted in some societies. Outline for today: some key concepts, asia"s missing females. Sex vs gender: sex = biological distinction: male or female, gender = personal traits, societal positions a society attaches to being male or female, gender roles = attitudes and activities a society assigns to each sex. Asia"s missing females : gender imbalance - more males than females - should be roughly equal, especially in the first few years of life. Boys - normally have a higher rate of early childhood mortality. By age 5 - nearly cancels out their numerical advantage. Biology slightly favours females by early childhood (less mutations) Number of missing women for certain age using census data: There should be more females but thats not whats happening - tertiary ratio is much greater than. Do prenatal test, find out is female, abort - most common.
